> How long will the experiment of sending e-mails
> via the various satellites be going on for please ?
The experiment has been a success. And PCSAT-1 is still fully
operational, but it is in eclipses now and will have a hard time
supporing the load. For this reason, today we changed the
digipeat path of PCSAT-1 to only use the path VIA TEMPn-N.
(Usually use TEMP1-1 or TEMP2-2).
This change will prevent any unattended beacons from consuming
precious power on PCSAT-1. The PCSAT-1 downlink alerts all
active users of this change. Today, PCSAT-1 had crashed over
the USA due to heavy load. Fortunately I saw the crash and was
able to re-load during the same pass.
But if PCSAT-1 crashes back to W3ADO-1 and is not reloaded
before the next eclipse, then PCSAT-1 will again be lost until
January.
Enjoy, but please use PCSAT-1 with minimum packets.
Bob, WB4APR